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Mountain Avens, (dryas octopetala) on dry arctic limestone ground, Svalbard Dryas is the name given to a series of cold climatic phases in Northwest Europe between 16,000 BP - 10,000 BP. Dryas III is better known as The Big Freeze. The cold phases are so named because Dyrus octopetala flourished...

By Peter Prokosch

High Arctic landscape on Svalbard with Mountain Avens (dryas octopetala) Dryas is the name given to a series of cold climatic phases in Northwest Europe between 16,000 BP - 10,000 BP. Dryas III is better known as The Big Freeze. The cold phases are so named because Dyrus octopetala flourished...

By Peter Prokosch

Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala), Svalbard Dryas is the name given to a series of cold climatic phases in Northwest Europe between 16,000 BP - 10,000 BP. Dryas III is better known as The Big Freeze. The cold phases are so named because Dyrus octopetala flourished...

By Peter Prokosch

Swedish cornel (Cornus suecica,) Bø, Vesterålen, Norway Cornus suecica (Swedish Cornel or Bunchberry) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cornus (dogwoods), native to cool temperate and subarctic regions of Europe and Asia.

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway The Red Knot is a migratory shorebird that travels up to 20,000 km twice a year from its breeding grounds on the high Arctic tundra to its southern non-breeding sites. Along with having one of the longest total migration...

By Peter Prokosch

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus,) Porsanger Fjord The Horned Grebe or Slavonian Grebe, Podiceps auritus, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It appears in Northern Norway (here at a breeding site at the Porsanger fjord) when in May the lake ice is opening. ...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica,) feeding at Porsanger Fjord, Northern Norway Of the six subspecies of Red Knot, one is now stable, four are in decline, and the trend in the sixth population is unclear. These declines can be attributed to the loss of important feeding areas and food sources along ...

By Peter Prokosch

Private yacht in polar waters Travelling by boat in the waters around Svalbard offers unparalleled access to many of the most interesting sights the archipelago has to offer. In recent years, around 40 private yachts visit Svalbard each year.

By Bjorn Alfthan

Inquisitive Polar bear on the pack ice, Svalbard Svalbard's polar bears belong to the Barents Sea population, one of 19 different polar bear populations recognised by scientists. Svalbard's population, estimated in the several thousands, is the only one not hunted with...

By Bjorn Alfthan

Tourist cruise ship, Svalbard A number of cruise ship operators work on Svalbard during the summer months, bringing tourists from across the world to visit the landscapes and biodiversity of this Arctic archipelago. Most, if not all, of these cruise ...

By Bjorn Alfthan

Brünnich’s guillemot, Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard Brünnich’s guillemots number in their hundreds of thousands at this colony in Hinlopen Strait, between Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet in Svalbard. A migratory species that winters normally winters off the waters of Icela...

By Bjorn Alfthan

Zodiac with tourists, Svalbard Zodiacs are an essential means of transporting tourists from a cruise ship onto land, or simply "cruising" in the waters around Svalbard. It offers a relatively unintrusive means of approaching wildlife at close quarters...

By Bjorn Alfthan

South Norwegian spruce forest

By Peter Prokosch

South Norwegian spruce forest Spruce is a characteristic species in Norwegian pine forests and can be found in most parts of the country, although less common in western Norway and in the north. The spruce tree, which can reach a maximum height of 50...

By Peter Prokosch

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